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Who rides the beast? : prophetic rivalry and the rhetoric of crisis in the churches of the apocalypse /

This study offers a different viewpoint on the origin of the Book of Revelation as a rhetorically sophisticated response to an internal leadership crisis within the churches. Evidence is taken from social, economic and literary contexts of the time.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duff, Paul B., 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Bible. > Revelation > Socio-rhetorical criticism.
Bible. > Revelation
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > New Testament.
Socio-rhetorical criticism of sacred works
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This study offers a different viewpoint on the origin of the Book of Revelation as a rhetorically sophisticated response to an internal leadership crisis within the churches. Evidence is taken from social, economic and literary contexts of the time.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 189 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and indexes.
ISBN:019513835X
9780195138351
1423726715
9781423726715